Ex-All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza denies dealing cocaine

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza, who earned more than $43 million over 14 seasons, denied allegations Wednesday that he is a cocaine dealer. Loaiza, who became a celebrity in his native Mexico, made his first appearance in San Diego County Superior Court in Chula Vista, California, since his arrest last... Read More

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Esteban Loaiza

February 14, 2018

Number of lawsuits challenging opioid industry still growing

CLEVELAND (AP) — The number of lawsuits continues to grow in a combined federal challenge of drug companies’ role in the opioid crisis. Judge Dan Polster is overseeing the consolidated lawsuits in a case in federal court in Cleveland. The complaints allege drug manufacturers and drug distributors bear responsibility for the deadly overdose epidemic and... Read More

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Dan Polster

February 14, 2018

Challenge to federal marijuana laws to be heard in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Jose Belen says the horrors of the Iraq War left him with post-traumatic stress disorder and the drug that helped him cope best with the symptoms was one his Veterans Affairs doctors could not legally prescribe: marijuana. “Once I did use cannabis, immediately I felt the relief,” said Belen,... Read More

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Marijuana

February 14, 2018

Ex-All Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza to face drug charges

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza, who earned more than $43 million over 14 seasons, is accused of drug dealing involving 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of suspected cocaine. The 46-year-old former Major League Baseball player is scheduled to be arraigned in court in Chula Vista, California, on Wednesday. Loaiza was arrested Friday... Read More

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Esteban Loaiza, LA Dodgers

February 7, 2018

Judge orders anonymous jury at trial for drug lord El Chapo

NEW YORK (AP) — Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will have an anonymous jury at his U.S. trial later this year. In a written order, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan agreed with prosecutors who argued that withholding the names of jurors was needed to address any fears that they could be harassed... Read More

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El Chapo

February 1, 2018

Pharmacist in meningitis outbreak gets 8 years in prison

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts pharmacist convicted for his role in a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak fought through sobs as he apologized to victims and their families Wednesday before being sentenced to eight years in prison. Nearly 80 people died and almost 800 were sickened in what’s considered the worst public health crisis in recent... Read More

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Glenn Chin

January 31, 2018

Judge holds closed-door settlement talks over opioid crisis

CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio is ready to start talks on a possible settlement of hundreds of lawsuits brought against drugmakers and drug distributors over the nation’s opioid epidemic. More than 250 lawsuits filed by communities across the country have been consolidated in the Cleveland courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Dan... Read More

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Drugs, Opiods

January 26, 2018

Man gets year in jail after 30 years on the run on drug charge

Better late than never. A Queens man who dodged the law for 30 years on a federal drug indictment was sentenced to a year in jail on an unrelated money wiring charge. Prosecutors said Hanson Wong used fake names and bogus IDs for three decades to evade authorities after he was indicted in 1987 for... Read More

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Hanson Wong

January 26, 2018

Why this alleged drug dealer looks like Hannibal Lecter

An accused heroin dealer is being forced to wear a “spit shield” at the defendants’ table — because he has a history of splattering his attorneys with saliva during court appearances. Brooklyn native Tyson Poulos was ordered to don the Hannibal Lecter-style headgear following two surprise sprayings in upstate Warren County Court — and after... Read More

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Tyson Poulos

January 25, 2018

Nassar deemed ‘serial’ sex abuser; investigations ongoing

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Once-renowned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar listened silently as a prosecutor deemed him “possibly the most prolific serial child sex abuser in history” and a judge sentenced him to decades in prison for molesting some of the sport’s top athletes, capping an extraordinary hearing during which more than 150 women and girls... Read More

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Larry Nassar

January 24, 2018

Court challenge seeks to block vast California pot farms

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alliance of California marijuana growers filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block state rules that they fear could open the way for vast farms that would drive smaller cultivators out of business or send them into the black market. The lawsuit, filed in Sacramento County Superior Court by the California Growers... Read More

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Marijuana, Pot

January 19, 2018

Once pot friendly Northern California county bans marijuana

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A previously pot friendly rural Northern California county has reversed course and banned commercial marijuana farms, paving the way for lawsuits from growers who previously received permits and paid taxes. A newly constituted Calaveras County board of supervisors last week voted 3-2 to ban marijuana, giving some 200 farmers with permits... Read More

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California, Marijuana, Pot

January 18, 2018

‘Cocaine cowboys’ smuggler convicted in auto fraud case

MIAMI (AP) — A pilot who once smuggled tons of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami’s “cocaine cowboys” era in the 1980s was convicted Wednesday of playing a key role in an auto fraud ring that stole at least 150 cars using a fake paper trail. A federal jury found Mickey Munday, 72, guilty of... Read More

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Mickey Munday

January 15, 2018

Ohio opioid woes one reason drug lawsuits brought to state

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The role that drugmakers and drug distributors played in contributing to the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic is now front and center in a federal courtroom in Cleveland. Judge Dan Polster is overseeing more than 200 lawsuits against drug companies brought by local communities across the country, including those in California, Illinois,... Read More

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Opiods

Ex-All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza denies dealing cocaine

Number of lawsuits challenging opioid industry still growing

Challenge to federal marijuana laws to be heard in New York

Ex-All Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza to face drug charges

Judge orders anonymous jury at trial for drug lord El Chapo

Pharmacist in meningitis outbreak gets 8 years in prison

Judge holds closed-door settlement talks over opioid crisis

Man gets year in jail after 30 years on the run on drug charge

Why this alleged drug dealer looks like Hannibal Lecter

Nassar deemed ‘serial’ sex abuser; investigations ongoing

Court challenge seeks to block vast California pot farms

Once pot friendly Northern California county bans marijuana

‘Cocaine cowboys’ smuggler convicted in auto fraud case

Ohio opioid woes one reason drug lawsuits brought to state

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